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Chapter 531: Chapter 29 – Heavenly Craftsman! Artifact Refining Inheritance_2

Thus, several days have passed again.

The “main force” of the family, rushed to the Qinglian Fire Valley. The one in charge of the overall situation was Liu Ruolan, the major lady of the Wang family, with ancestor Longyan holing the fort in the center. Except for Wang Shouzhe’s absence, it was almost the highest level of personnel configuration of the family.

At this point, all the clansmen were greatly reassured. Even if danger arose in the ancient ruins, the family would be able to calmly respond.

Even so, Liu Ruolan did not recklessly plunge in. Instead, she first led the clansmen and the household heads to chisel and widen the magma passage, carefully inspecting the unstable structure of the passage, and building reinforcements on site.

All of the family’s hundred Disc-horned Carrying Sheep were mobilized, transporting various supplies back and forth.

Only after the magma passage of hundreds of feet had become spacious and extremely stable, did Liu Ruolan dispatch a puppet specifically used for mining to activate the mechanism next to the molten pool in the grotto.

… As for the younger generations and the household heads, they hid in a safe high ground hundreds of feet away and watched all this from afar.

“Crack!”

“Rumble!”

Giant muffled sounds continuously emanated from beneath their feet.

The ground was faintly trembling.

Even from so far away, everyone could still feel that overwhelming sense of awe, as if some colossal object, sealed in dust for a long time, was slowly starting to wake up from its slumber.

Everyone couldn’t help but feel a bit jittery.

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Sure enough, such a powerful mechanism was filled with danger.

The strange noises lasted for the time it takes to burn half a stick of incense, before the land finally slowly calmed down. The result was that nothing like a monster was activated, and no other anomalies occurred.

The pOafish puppet responsible for activating the mechanism remained clueless and intact, making it very clear that the mechanism just opened some chamber, and was not a damaging mechanism.

But this does not mean that the Wang family’s efforts during this time were in vain. Just because there was no danger in opening the ancient ruins this time, does not mean that there will not be danger every time.

Even one serious accident would be a disaster for the Wang family.

Subsequently, ancestor Longyan personally led the exploration of the ancient ruins, with Liu Ruolan standing by outside the passage at all times.

It wasn’t even two hours before ancestor Longyan safely returned.

Inside the tent.

Ancestor Longyan had a meeting with everyone to announce the situation. Those present, in addition to Wang Shou Yong and Liu Ruolan, included a group of young people who had discovered the Earth’s fire spirit cave.

“The mechanism opened an ancient chamber, and through the text information found in the chamber, we discovered that the master of the ruins was a Master Refiner called ‘Heavenly Craftsman’.”

“Based on the message he left behind, he claimed to hail from a continent called Tianshu State, home to several nations competing for supremacy. These nations, aside from being predominately proficient in Profound Martial arts, are all specialized in the art of artifact refining.”

“The Heavenly Craftsman originates from a country named ‘Da Zhou State’. He was an independent master refiner. The cultivation technique he practiced, the ‘Smelting Heaven Scripture’, sounds formidable, but in reality, it is just a middle-grade fire type cultivation technique. The ‘Sky Human Chapter’ within it could only sustain him until the advanced stage of the Heavenly Human Realm before he hit a dead-end.”

“The Heavenly Craftsman was remarkably talented. Unwilling to be under the whims of any artifact-refining sect, he used all his wits, spent decades preparing, and clandestinely stole the inheritance secret technique, the ‘Celestial Fire True Verses – Purple Abode Chapter’, of a sect called the ‘Tianhuo Sect’, as well as a few chapters from the secret tome ‘Wanbao Complete Book’.”

“Still, despite all of the Heavenly Craftsman’s calculations, the Tianhuo Sect did discover the truth and immediately sent a team of experts to hunt him down. The Heavenly Craftsman, however, had already prepared an escape route and fled from the Tianshu State using a hidden ancient teleportation array. He hadn’t expected that the other end of the ancient teleportation array would be a savage land overrun with fierce beasts. The land hadn’t even yet been reclaimed and was overrun by fierce beasts, including level seven Great Yao, roaming the world.”

Elder Longyan patiently explained, “The Heavenly Craftsman wandered around in terror constantly, ultimately unable to escape from the savage land. After several injuries, he ultimately gave up, settled down in Qinglian Fire Valley, built a secret cave, and attempted to break through to the Purple Abode Realm before seeking the human world again. Regrettably, due to factors such as age, injuries, and the lack of resources, he was not able to ascend to the Purple Abode Realm and quietly passed away in Qinglian Fire Valley.”

“Prior to his death, he had a lot of regret for stealing the Tianhuo Sect’s secret techniques, even involving his trusted Daoists from the Tianhuo Sect, eventually closing the secret cave and left a last word, hoping that one day someone fated would come across his legacy and if they ever had a chance to ascend to the Purple Abode Realm, they would do him the favor of returning to the Tianhuo Sect in the Da Zhou State of the Tianshu State.”

“If the descendants of his Daoist friends still live, do what you can to aid them. That was the precursor Heavenly Craftsman’s only last wish.”

The youngsters in the Wang family were left with their heads in a whirl, their mouths dry. This ancient relic was even related to such a fantastically twisting tale. Moreover, there was a whole other world named Tianshu State outside….

That’s no wonder. They were raised in Ping’an Town since childhood, and their area activities were mostly limited to Changning area. In most cases, they wouldn’t go beyond eight hundred miles when they hunted in the autumn and winter.”

For the juniors of the family, taking a trip to distant cities like the Donghaei Guard, Hundred Islands Guard, etc., was already like travelling far from home. As for the bustling Longzuo County Town, even in their dreams, they yearn to go there, hoping that when they are a bit more mature, they can find an opportunity to visit the county town.”

In their view, the entire Longzuo County was incredibly vast. As for the world beyond the sea, they occasionally heard some descriptions from books, but they were all just nebulous legends, such as tales about how the overseas lands are filled with Qian gold, with Spirit Veins scattered all around.”

“Tianshu State…I have come across some secret information about it occasionally in my school days,” Elder Longyan said with a very serious expression, “but relevant materials are extremely scarce. Even the Academic Palace of the Purple Abode Realm has little knowledge about Tianshu State. But from some of the Heavenly Craftsman’s records, it seems that Tianshu State is quite impressive and developed. Some artifact refining products have deeply penetrated the ordinary population. Spiritual artifacts are quite widespread among cultivators of the Spiritual Platform Realm, and only top-grade spiritual artifacts are chased.”

“Our Da Qian Land’s path to refining is not systematic in the end,” Liu Ruolan agreed, “Even the price of low-grade spiritual artifacts is very expensive, with many Rank 9 prominent families owning at most one.”

The Wang family had long tried to hire several artifact refiners, but to call them artifact refiners would be more accurate to say they are refiners’ apprentices. They merely follow Wang Shouzhe’s instructions to create various strange parts.”

Even so, the Wang family had to pay a considerable price to get them to stay. Currently, they have sent clan members and cadets from side branches of the Wang family into the artifact refining system to learn as much knowledge as possible.”

As for refiners capable of creating spiritual artifacts, those are elite members of Da Qian Land’s artifact refinement circle. When elder Zhou Xuan was forging the Zhou Xuan Sword and the Dragon Smoke Sword, he had to take sufficient materials and run to the county town to succeed.”

As you can imagine, the path to artifact refining in Da Qian Land is much less developed than that of alchemy. At least Elder Longyan hadn’t heard of any well-known refiner in the Purple Abode Realm in Longzuo County, at most, there were just a few Heavenly Human Realm refiners.”

“Great Ancestor.” Wang Shouming’s gaze was fervent, “My body is skilled in the Red Dragon True Verses and excels in fire type mysterious energy. I wonder if I could take up the Heavenly Craftsman’s artifact-refining inheritance?” He was envious of his brother Wang Shouye’s status as an alchemist, not only having a superior position in the family but also attracting attention and respect everywhere he goes.”

“The artifact refining inheritance is not gained by merely having fire type mysterious energy,” Elder Longyan stated, “The Red Dragon True Verses, which I have reviewed many times, advocates for a forceful and aggressive, indomitable approach. Refining, however, requires patience and control, along with countless tedious learning practices.”

“Of course, I’m not saying that you definitely won’t be able to do it. Each of you four individuals has the opportunity to give it a shot. As for whether or not to go to Tianshu State in the future, that will depend on how Wang family develops. Once our refiners reach the Purple Abode Realm, it would not be out of the realm of possibility to take such a trip.”

Elder Longyan was in a good mood and continued to speak: “The predecessor Heavenly Craftsman, in addition to leaving behind his insights from his entire life, also left behind a broken Heavenly Human Realm puppet. It’s just that he was down on his luck at the time and lacked the materials to repair the puppet. If our Wang family can produce a refiner and repair the Heavenly Human puppet, it will, once again, enhance the foundation of our family.”

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